Applicator assembly for coating fasteners
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorsWilliam T. Mead, Jorge A. Millan
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Abstract
A coating applicator assembly is disclosed for coating fasteners ends protruding from a surface of a structure, the fasteners extending a specific distance above the surface. In detail, the applicator assembly includes a handle. A coating member made from open celled compressible foam having a coating transfer surface in a generally W shape is attached to the handle. Preferably, the central V of the W shaped surface has an included angle of between 40 and 50 degrees and a depth of between 65 and 85 percent of the specific distance and the outer surfaces of the W shaped surface extending outward at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees and the depth of coating member is at least 4 times the depth of the central notch.
Claims11
A coating applicator assembly for coating fasteners ends protruding from a surface of a structure, the fasteners extending a specific distance above the surface, the applicator assembly comprising:
- a handle;
- a coating member made from open celled compressible foam having a coating transfer surface in a W shape with a V shaped central notch, the V shaped notch having side walls extending at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees away from each other and a depth of between 65 and 85 percent of the specific distance of the fasteners extending above the surface and the outer surfaces of the W shaped surface extending outward at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees and the depth of coating member is at least 4 times the depth of the central notch.
A coating applicator assembly for coating fasteners ends protruding from a surface of a structure, the fasteners extending a specific distance above the surface, the applicator assembly comprising:
- a handle;
- a coating member made from open celled compressible foam having a coating transfer surface in a W shape with a V shaped central notch, the V shaped notch having side walls extending at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees away from each other and a depth of between 65 and 85 percent of the specific distance of the fasteners extending above the surface and the outer surfaces of the W shaped surface extending outward at an angle of between 40 and 50 degrees and the depth of coating member is at least 4 times the depth of the central notch;
- and
- a syringe mounted to said handle, said syringe having a nozzle having an outlet port positioned to provide coating material to said coating transfer surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.